Gazania Seeds
Gazania rigens
Gazania, or treasure flower, is a South African annual flower that likes hot, dry summers. Gardeners treasure it for its strangely patterned daisy like flowers. If your garden is in need of a plant to add sensational color and minimal care, this is an annual for you! Gazania love the heat of summer and will amaze you with dazzling 3" blooms, even in the driest of soils.
Tips on How to Grow Gazania Seeds
Gazanias grow in rosette form with attractive notched leaves. Flowers rise 8 to 12 inches on short stems. They're white, pink, bronze, red, yellow, and orange with banded markings. Flowers close on cloudy days.
Gazanias prefer full sun and moderately fertile but well-drained soil. They do not like heavy soil in hot, humid climates. Plant out as soon as the danger of frost has passed at 8 to 15 inches apart.
Sow Gazania seeds outdoors after final frost or plant them indoors four to six weeks earlier. Seeds germinate in 15 to 20 days at 70 degrees º.
Plant Gazanias in the front of beds and borders. Use them as a ground cover in sunny, dry areas or in rock gardens.
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